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| .p25 TV show 1992 .p27 John Stossel from ABC to Fox in 2009, ardent climate denier, demanded then ignored info from Nye .p37 CO2 280 to 400 ppm by 2014 p43 Humans produce 100x more than volcanoes .p50 thermodynamic efficiency, gasoline burns 1000C Theoretical Carnot efficiency 77%, real auto 28% |
.025 TV show 1992 .027 John Stossel from ABC to Fox in 2009, ardent climate denier, demanded then ignored info from Nye .037 CO2 280 to 400 ppm by 2014 p43 Humans produce 100x more than volcanoes .050 thermodynamic efficiency, gasoline burns 1000C Theoretical Carnot efficiency 77%, real auto 28% |
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| .p53 Nye Laboratories West (California house) .p55 why not pale pavement? (answer, tires would darken it) .p56 hydrosol bubbles in ocean, lowering albedo? (answer, less light for photosynthesis) .p62 wheaties and ... iron filings? [[ http://www.hoaxorfact.com/Health/wheaties-cereal-fortified-with-iron-stick-to-magnets.html | true ]] .p76 fracking in "New York state where I live part time" .p78 Methane 80x more "greenhouse" than CO2 after 20 years, 30x more after 100 years .p86 typo Nils (not Niels) Bohr .p88 Three Mile Island, p89 Chernobyl "uninhabitable", maybe for centuries [[ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/moving_to_Chernobyl| but people chose to live there ]] .p92 breeder reactors, etc. Lots of hypothetical worries .p106 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanpah_Solar_Power_Facility | Ivanpah solar power facility]], only 40% of design capacity .p113 space solar power .p117 Likes wind power ... doesn't mention negatives .p134 Electricity losses in the grid ... doesn't understand why, suggests more electronics .p143 Superconducting power lines (HTS -140C, LN2 .p144 carbon nanotube power lines - BS, NOT superconductors |
.053 Nye Laboratories West (California house) .055 why not pale pavement? (answer, tires would darken it) .056 hydrosol bubbles in ocean, lowering albedo? (answer, less light for photosynthesis) .062 wheaties and ... iron filings? [[ http://www.hoaxorfact.com/Health/wheaties-cereal-fortified-with-iron-stick-to-magnets.html | true ]] .076 fracking in "New York state where I live part time" .078 Methane 80x more "greenhouse" than CO2 after 20 years, 30x more after 100 years .086 typo Nils (not Niels) Bohr .088 Three Mile Island, p89 Chernobyl "uninhabitable", maybe for centuries [[ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/moving_to_Chernobyl| but people chose to live there ]] .092 breeder reactors, etc. Lots of hypothetical worries .106 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanpah_Solar_Power_Facility | Ivanpah solar power facility]], only 40% of design capacity .113 space solar power .117 Likes wind power ... doesn't mention negatives .134 Electricity losses in the grid ... doesn't understand why, suggests more electronics .143 Superconducting power lines (HTS -140C, LN2 .144 carbon nanotube power lines - BS, NOT superconductors |
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| .p146 electric cars .p153 home battery storage .p168 sunlight to ethanol is 2% efficient (after subtracting energy inputs), ethanol is 19.9 MJ/kg, gasoline is 45.8 MJ/kg .p171 Brazil sugarcane to ethanol is more efficient, but forests are destroyed to get it .p183 Bicycles .p187 Trains .p189 hyperloop .p192 mass transit .p200 bike tunnels with fan-blon tailwinds (er, power cost?) .p201 self-driving taxis |
.146 electric cars .153 home battery storage .168 sunlight to ethanol is 2% efficient (after subtracting energy inputs), ethanol is 19.9 MJ/kg, gasoline is 45.8 MJ/kg .171 Brazil sugarcane to ethanol is more efficient, but forests are destroyed to get it .183 Bicycles .187 Trains .189 hyperloop .192 mass transit .200 bike tunnels with fan-blon tailwinds (er, power cost?) .201 self-driving taxis .201 Taxipod Robotruck biofuel .210 Flash distillation: evaporate water, collect on cold surface .212 Cruise ships, pressurized water (6MPa, 60 atmospheres) through salt-blocking membrane .225 well water, depleting aquifers near and far .228 GMO, GMF (food) .229 "... conspiracy theories are lazy. It's a way to blame one's problems and the problems of the world on someone else, some mystery group that's out to get ya'. I am pretty sure that most of the problems of the world just happen from all of us trying to make a living here." .230 we farm on 11% of the dry land on Earth, by 2050 on 9% to feed 9 billion people with GMF .231 crank-powered radio for african farmers .234 xeriscape (So-Cal dry landscaping) .237 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_with_Ed | Living with Ed ]] 2007-2010 .241 "...underside of roof is a silvery shiny paint that includes microbeads of a ceramic material, reflecting heat from the underside of the roof." . probably not on plywood underneath, it would trap moisture in Oregon . https://thepaintly.com/solar-reflective-roof-paint/ .243 reflector for back of fireplace. Also air duct from outside, pulls firesmoke into house if stove exhaust fan running :-( .257 Ch 29 Solar hot water |
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Harnessing Science to Change the World
Bill Nye with Corey S. Powell 2016 Bvt Lib 363.7387 NYE
- 020 pg 64 April 28 1975 Newsweek Peter Gwynne reported "scientists" claiming global cooling
elsewhere 2014 correction https://www.insidescience.org/content/my-1975-cooling-world-story-doesnt-make-todays-climate-scientists-wrong/1640
- in 1975, aerosol pollution caused a cooling effect
- 025 TV show 1992
- 027 John Stossel from ABC to Fox in 2009, ardent climate denier, demanded then ignored info from Nye
- 037 CO2 280 to 400 ppm by 2014 p43 Humans produce 100x more than volcanoes
- 050 thermodynamic efficiency, gasoline burns 1000C Theoretical Carnot efficiency 77%, real auto 28%
2800F or 1570 C
- 053 Nye Laboratories West (California house)
- 055 why not pale pavement? (answer, tires would darken it)
- 056 hydrosol bubbles in ocean, lowering albedo? (answer, less light for photosynthesis)
062 wheaties and ... iron filings? true
- 076 fracking in "New York state where I live part time"
- 078 Methane 80x more "greenhouse" than CO2 after 20 years, 30x more after 100 years
- 086 typo Nils (not Niels) Bohr
088 Three Mile Island, p89 Chernobyl "uninhabitable", maybe for centuries but people chose to live there
- 092 breeder reactors, etc. Lots of hypothetical worries
106 Ivanpah solar power facility, only 40% of design capacity
- 113 space solar power
- 117 Likes wind power ... doesn't mention negatives
- 134 Electricity losses in the grid ... doesn't understand why, suggests more electronics
- 143 Superconducting power lines (HTS -140C, LN2
- 144 carbon nanotube power lines - BS, NOT superconductors
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_nanotube#Electrical | ... resistive nanotube-to-nanotube junctions and impurities ... ]]
- 146 electric cars
- 153 home battery storage
- 168 sunlight to ethanol is 2% efficient (after subtracting energy inputs), ethanol is 19.9 MJ/kg, gasoline is 45.8 MJ/kg
- 171 Brazil sugarcane to ethanol is more efficient, but forests are destroyed to get it
- 183 Bicycles
- 187 Trains
- 189 hyperloop
- 192 mass transit
- 200 bike tunnels with fan-blon tailwinds (er, power cost?)
- 201 self-driving taxis
- 201 Taxipod Robotruck biofuel
- 210 Flash distillation: evaporate water, collect on cold surface
- 212 Cruise ships, pressurized water (6MPa, 60 atmospheres) through salt-blocking membrane
- 225 well water, depleting aquifers near and far
- 228 GMO, GMF (food)
- 229 "... conspiracy theories are lazy. It's a way to blame one's problems and the problems of the world on someone else, some mystery group that's out to get ya'. I am pretty sure that most of the problems of the world just happen from all of us trying to make a living here."
- 230 we farm on 11% of the dry land on Earth, by 2050 on 9% to feed 9 billion people with GMF
- 231 crank-powered radio for african farmers
- 234 xeriscape (So-Cal dry landscaping)
237 Living with Ed 2007-2010
- 241 "...underside of roof is a silvery shiny paint that includes microbeads of a ceramic material, reflecting heat from the underside of the roof."
- probably not on plywood underneath, it would trap moisture in Oregon
243 reflector for back of fireplace. Also air duct from outside, pulls firesmoke into house if stove exhaust fan running
- 257 Ch 29 Solar hot water